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Cortus AB is supported by the Swedish Agency for Economic and Regional Growth in export drive

STOCKHOLM, December 19, 2011 — Cortus offers environmentally friendly and renewable energy for energy intensive industries. Cortus has attracted international attention for its patented gasification process the WoodRoll ®. Now Cortus is given support in its export drive by the Swedish Agency for Economic and Regional Growth.

”Cortus patented gasification process has potential both nationally and internationally. It is in line with our pilot efforts in the area Environment Driven Export”, says Tony Meurke, at the Swedish Agency for Economic and Regional Growth.

”The support from Swedish Agency for Economic and Regional Growth enables us to thoroughly research our most attractive export markets, something that definitely will facilitate and accelerate our international expansion”, says Cortus CEO Rolf Ljunggren.

The project’s objective in 2012 is to develop a thorough and systematic model for increasing the competitiveness of the WoodRoll ® process. The result will be used as the platform for Cortus’ offer to the renewable energy market. The project also aims at formalizing partnerships for sales channels, networks and partners in target markets. Cortus will also use the results in the continued work in responding to requests from the EU, U.S., South America, India and China.

For more information please contact:
Rolf Ljunggren, Cortus AB founder and CEO, tel. +46-(0)70 694 48 98, rolf.ljunggren@cortus.se

About Cortus
Cortus mission is to provide cost effective and innovative bio energy solutions for process-, power- and transportation industries based on the patented gasification technology WoodRoll ®.

For more information see www.cortus.se

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High temperature combustion in process industries demands high calorific and clean fuels. Cortus is building the future of innovative and sustainable energy supply for the process industries based upon our new biomass gasification technology - WoodRoll ®. We supply clean renewable synthesis gas to energy intensive industries such as glass, pulp and paper, cement, minerals and lime.

WoodRoll is a new gasification technology processing biomass into clean gaseous fuel. This patented gasification process is divided into three steps, namely drying, pyrolysis and gasification. Unique to the WoodRoll is that the produced char is gasified in an indirectly heated reactor: the carbon is gasified with steam and produces synthesis gas. The char and steam are thus not mixed with the exhaust from combustion or nitrogen from the air. This produces a clean synthesis gas which is free from condensable tar residues and nitrogen aggregates.

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Rolf Ljunggren

Presskontakt Founder and CEO of Cortus AB +46 (0)70 694 4898

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